Matt Harpring vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich and Matt Harpring, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Matt Harpring played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Matt Harpring had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	1998-99	1970-71
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	50	22.3	8.2	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.2	3.0	6.4	.463	0.2	0.5	.400	2.0	2.9	.713
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	4	20.5	8.3	1.8	3.3	5.0	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.5	.462	0.3	1.3	.200	2.0	2.8	.727
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692

Season 3
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2000-01	1972-73
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	56	28.8	11.1	1.6	2.7	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.3	9.4	.454	0.2	0.9	.250	2.4	2.9	.812
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794

Season 4
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2001-02	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	81	31.4	11.8	2.5	4.6	7.1	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.8	10.3	.461	0.3	0.9	.304	2.0	2.7	.743
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	5	23.6	10.2	2.6	2.6	5.2	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.4	4.4	8.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2003-04	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	31	36.6	16.2	2.9	5.0	8.0	2.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	3.3	6.2	13.2	.471	0.3	1.1	.242	3.5	5.1	.688
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2004-05	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	78	33.1	14.0	2.5	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.9	0.2	1.7	3.2	5.4	11.0	.489	0.1	0.6	.209	3.1	4.0	.778
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2005-06	1977-78
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	71	27.4	12.5	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.5	9.5	.475	0.2	0.5	.359	3.2	4.4	.725
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Matt Harpring	Pete Maravich
Season	2006-07	1978-79
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	77	25.5	11.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.5	3.0	4.2	8.5	.491	0.2	0.5	.333	3.1	4.0	.767
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Harpring	17	25.5	9.3	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.6	8.0	.456	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.8	.723
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-